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Uncommon card · History
Thomas Blamey, an Uncommon card
Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 84
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 184
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 40,000
Power 184 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Blamey quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Blamey card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is the only ______ to attain the rank of field marshal.
Answer
Australian. He is the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal. From the Thomas Blamey article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Blamey joined the Australian Army as a regular soldier in ____ and attended the Staff College at Quetta.
Answer
1900s. Blamey joined the Australian Army as a regular soldier in 1906 and attended the Staff College at Quetta. From the Thomas Blamey article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.
- Blamey joined the Australian Army as a regular soldier in 1906 and attended the Staff College at Quetta.
- During the First World War, he participated in the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, and served as a staff officer in the Gallipoli campaign, where he was mentioned in despatches for a daring raid behind enemy lines.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Blamey article was read about 40,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 84 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Thomas Blamey
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Blamey (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Department of Information, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
